Horrible Bosses is a 2011 black comedy film directed by Seth Gordon, written by Michael Markowitz, John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, based on a story by Markowitz. It stars Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Colin Farrell, Kevin Spacey, and Jamie Foxx. The plot follows three friends, played by Bateman, Day, and Sudeikis, who decide to murder their respective overbearing, abusive bosses, portrayed by Spacey, Aniston and Farrell. Markowitz's script was bought by New Line Cinema in 2005 and the film spent six years in various states of pre-production, with a... variety of actors attached to different roles. By 2010, Goldstein and Daley had rewritten the script, and the film finally went into production. The film premiered in Los Angeles on June 30, 2011, and received a wide release on July 8, 2011. The film exceeded financial expectations, accruing over $28 million in the first three days to make it the number two film in the United States during its opening weekend, and going on to become the highest grossing black comedy film of all time in unadjusted dollars, breaking the record previously set by The War of the Roses in 1990.
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| Release date: | July 8, 2011 |
| Directed by: | Seth Gordon |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 98 Minutes |
| Producer: | Brett Ratner, Jay Stern |
| Editor: | Andrew S. Eisen, Peter Teschner |
| Music by: | Christopher Lennertz |
| Cinematography: | David Hennings |
| Screenplay by: | Michael Markowitz, John Francis Daley, Jonathan M. Goldstein |
| Genre: | Comedy |